The present invention provides aryl- or heteroaryl-diketo acid compounds effective to inhibit an activity of a Mycobacterial malate synthase enzyme or to inhibit a malate synthase activity in other bacteria having the enzyme. The compounds may be phenyl- naphthyl-, or thienyl-substituted diketo acids and carboxylate derivatives thereof. Also provided are methods of treating tuberculosis or other pathophysiological conditions associated with a malate synthase enzyme with the inhibitory compounds and methods of in silico design of the inhibitory compounds. In addition, the present invention provides the inhibitory compounds designed by this method. Furthermore, three-dimensional X-ray crystal structures of the Mycobacterial malate synthase complexed with the inhibitory compounds are provided. Further still a method for stabilizing an aromatic or heteroaromatic diketo acid or its prodrug or close analog in solution by derivatizing at least the ortho position on the aromatic ring is provided.
本发明提供了芳基或杂环芳基二
酮酸化合物,其能够有效抑制结核分枝杆菌
苹果酸合酶酶活性或抑制其他具有该酶的细菌的
苹果酸合酶活性。这些化合物可以是苯基、
萘基或
噻吩基取代的二
酮酸和其
羧酸衍
生物。还提供了使用这些
抑制剂治疗结核病或其他与
苹果酸合酶酶相关的病理生理状况的方法以及通过计算机模拟设计这些
抑制剂的方法。此外,本发明还提供了通过这种方法设计的
抑制剂。此外,还提供了与
抑制剂形成复合物的结核分枝杆菌
苹果酸合酶的三维X射线晶体结构。还提供了一种通过在芳香环上至少衍生化邻位位置来稳定溶液中的芳香或杂环芳香二
酮酸或其前药或类似物的方法。